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Not necessarily correct (14)

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I believe the answer is:

overcompensate

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'not necessarily correct' is the definition.
'overcompensate' can be an answer for 'correct' (overcompensating is a kind of correcting). I'm not sure about the 'not necessarily' bit.

'necessarily correct' is the wordplay.
'necessarily' becomes 'over' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'correct' becomes 'compensate' (synonyms).
'over'+'compensate'='OVERCOMPENSATE'

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(Other definitions for overcompensate that I've seen before include "Go too far in trying to correct a fault" , "Pay too much" , "More than satisfy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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